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Investigative journalist Thomas Huchon writes five questions that can be used to evaluate the veracity of a news story. (Pete Kiehart for NPR)

NPR

A conspiracy video teaches kids a lesson about fake news

Widespread concerns about the inability of many people in France to tell a real news story from a fake one have led this French journalist to visit 81 schools since 2016.

8 years ago

Catie Turner of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, performs on the ABC television show,

Arts & Entertainment

2 Philly singers in final rounds of ‘American Idol’

Two singers from Philadelphia region are entering the final rounds of 'American Idol'

8 years ago

Jake Tapper is CNN's chief Washington correspondent and the host of The Lead and State of the Union. His novel, The Hellfire Club, is set in 1954 Washington, D.C. (Corey Nickols/Getty Images for Pizza Hut)

NPR

Politics & Policy

CNN’s Jake Tapper on McCarthyism, Trump, and the ‘Jar Jar Binks principle’

8 years ago

After Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke to Congress about a massive data breach, the company announced it would no longer fund an effort to oppose The Consumer Right to Privacy Act.
(Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

NPR

Politics & Policy

Facebook will stop opposing a user privacy initiative in California

Facebook announced that it will no longer channel funds into an effort that opposed giving social media users more control over their personal data.

8 years ago

Brian Smith plays a racing game blindfolded. He made a user interface for blind players to drive in video games, just like sighted players. He tested it with blind volunteers, as well as blindfolded sighted volunteers.

The Pulse

Science

Playing video games when you can’t see the screen

A computer scientist is pushing large video game makers to design games that blind people can enjoy.

8 years ago

Listen 6:32

Journalists at the Chicago Tribune say they want to unionize to secure better pay and resources to fulfill their missio

NPR

Community

In historic move at labor-skeptic ‘Chicago Tribune’, newsroom pushes to form union

One of the nation's oldest and most prestigious regional newspapers, The Chicago Tribune, could soon have a unionized staff.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while speaking as he testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Politics & Policy

Watch: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before House committee

Zuckerberg's second day of testimony begins at 10 a.m.

8 years ago

Community

WHYY wins 19 PAPME, Delaware Press Awards

The awards include best newscast, investigative reporting, ongoing coverage, series, and best reporter.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is escorted by police on his way to a meeting Monday with U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

NPR

Community

The rise — and stall — of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to testify Tuesday and Wednesday before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

8 years ago

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 9, 2018

Politics & Policy

Factcheck: Facebook doesn’t sell data but profits off it

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees Tuesday.

8 years ago

In May 2013, 142 newsroom employees of The Denver Post posed for a photo after the newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Aurora theater shooting in 2012. This illustration shows the original staff members who remain in April 2018.

NPR

Community

‘Denver Post’ calls out its ‘vulture’ hedge fund owners in searing editorial

The Denver Post isn't the only newspaper to be bought by a hedge fund that then orders layoffs, shrinking the newsroom to a shell of its former self within a few years.

8 years ago